CLAUD LOVAT FRASER (BRITISH 1890-1921)
LETTER TO ALAN FRASER, THE ARTIST'S BROTHER, 1916 + PROLOGUE TO AN 18TH CENTURY PLAY (LETTER TO ENID BAGNOLD)
Estimate: £300 - £500
Auction: The Gillian Raffles Collection Evening - Lots 1 to 73 - Thursday 01 May at 18:00
Description
Letter: inscribed from Lovat Fraser (to label to reverse), pen, ink and watercolour, 21cm x 16.7cm (8 ¼in x 6 5/8in);
Prologue: ink and watercolour on buff paper, 21cm x 17cm (8 ¼in x 6 ¾in)
Dimensions
(2)
Provenance
The Collection of Gillian Raffles.
Footnote
Prologue: Enid Bagnold was a writer and playwright best known for her 1935 story National Velvet. Lovat Fraser and Bagnold were close friends, and she writes about Lovat in her autobiography. This letter could be understood as being related to her later career as a playwright.